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10 octobre 2022
- doi: 10.4000/books.vrin.7372
- isbn: 9782711613069
- eisbn: 9782345001287
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Renaissance philosophie History & Philosophy Of Science Medieval & Renaissance Studies PHI037000 SCI034000 HPCB PDXSujets proches
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Olivier Bloch, « Blégny et Gassendi », Vrin, ID : 10.4000/books.vrin.7372
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A close study of the texts published in Holland between 1679 and 1681 by the physician Nicolas de Blégny (1646-1722) shows that his physics, although blending Cartesian and Gassendian elements, may be labelled Gassendist for two reasons: 1. he acknowledges the concept and reality of void, and 2. he considers matter and pure space to be mutually exclusive. Textual comparison yields evidence that Blégny owes whatever he knows of Gassendi’s doctrine to Bernier’s 1674 Abrégé, and that his reading is more deliberately materialistic than his source. He thus prepares the ground for a further step towards the materialistic philosophy of the French Enlightenment, namely the doctrine of the sensibility of matter developed in 1714 by another french physician, Abraham Gaultier.